Three weeks before the official opening of Portland's latest bridge, the Tilikum Crossing, TriMet invited the public to celebrate North America's longest no-car bridge.
TriMet held a celebration for the latest Portland bridge, the Tilikum Crossing, Saturday, Aug. 22.
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The cable-stay bridge will link the city's South Waterfront to the Central Eastside and on down to Milwaukie. The crossing's name, "Tilikum," comes from the local Native American language of Chinook Wawa, meaning "people, tribes and relatives."
It’s the first bridge to be built over the Willamette River in more than 40 years.
They weren't on display Saturday night, but once the bridge is in operation, TriMet plans to light the bridge with LEDs that change color with the current and temperature of the Willamette River below.